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Twitter says the Bitcoin scam wave came from third-party app
2018-11-16

Twitter has confirmed the series of cryptocurrency-related hackings on its platform originated from a third-party software provider – and not its own system. In an email to Hard Fork, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed attackers exploited a third-party marketing solution to blast fake Bitcoin giveaway links from a...

Mark Zuckerberg really wants you to know he reads the New York Times
2018-11-15

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today held a press call to talk about the company’s 2nd Community Standards Enforcement report. It was supposed to last 45 minutes, but it ended up nearly 2 hours long thanks to an extended – and very entertaining – interactive session with the national news media. The part about...

Facebook Messenger now lets you unsend messages
2018-11-15

Back in April, we reported that Facebook was planning to implement a feature in Messenger to let you unsend messages. After multiple trials, the feature has now been rolled out to users in a few countries. The ‘unsend’ feature for Messenger was promised seven months ago when Facebook secretly removed some private...

Now Slack is reevaluating its arbitration policy for sexual harassment claims
2018-11-14

Despite a growing trend to do away with forced arbitration, some prominent big tech companies remain silent on the issue. Last week, Google did away with forced arbitration in cases of sexual harassment–a direct response to demands put forth by female employees who recently protested the company’s...

The Satanic Temple is suing Netflix for $150 million
2018-11-09

The group says “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” copied its androgynous goat-headed deity statue. The group says Netflix and Warner Bros. violated its trademark and infringed on its copyrights by featuring a statue of Baphomet, an androgynous goat-headed deity, in an episode of the Netflix series The...

eToro rolls out its cryptocurrency wallet for Android and iOS
2018-11-08

Social trading platform eToro has finally begun rolling out its cryptocurrency wallet to Android and iOS users. The wallet, which promises an intuitive customer interface and enhanced security, is now available on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. At launch, the app will support only Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash,...

Comedian Larry Wilmore created his own path. Now he’s helping the next generation do the same
2018-11-08

The Renaissance man of comedy stopped by Fast Company’s Innovation Festival for a live (and damned funny) episode of Creative Conversation. Listen to the latest episode of Fast Company‘s podcast Creative Conversation featuring writer, producer, and actor Larry Wilmore on Apple Podcasts,...

This viral Twitter story about the worst office mistake ever is worth your time
2018-11-08

You have never screwed up this bad in your workplace. Seriously. What: A hilarious story that went viral on Twitter.Read Full Story

GitHub now hosts over 100 million repositories
2018-11-08

Today, the immensely popular social coding platform GitHub announced it now hosts over 100 million repositories. In addition, the platform announced new information about its userbase. GitHub now supports 31 million developers, who collectively have created over 1.1 billion contributions. These contributions have...

AI-algorithms identify pedophiles for the police — here’s how it works
2018-11-08

Sometimes, the smoking gun in a sexual child abuse case can be something totally unremarkable — a plastic bag in the corner, or a piece of rug on the floor. Dutchman Leon D. was exposed by a church window. In 2011, he was convicted for molesting two young boys and producing and distributing imagery. Leon D.’s...

This new Florida neighborhood has zero emissions, tons of smart tech, and is hurricane-proof
2018-11-08

Powered by Google Home, the Hunters Point neighborhood outside of Tampa is a model for how smart buildings can lower emissions and create a clean grid. In a fishing village south of Tampa called Cortez, a new community of small homes will run on solar power to reach a “net zero” energy...

Google announces Android will support upcoming foldable phones
2018-11-08

Last night, Samsung gave us a glimpse of its eagerly awaited foldable phone, at its annual developer conference. At the same time, Google announced that Android will officially support the foldable form factor. In a blog post, the company classified foldable phones in two categories: one-screen devices and two-screen...

Woven is a calendar assistant you might actually use
2018-11-08

Former Facebookers launch yet another AI-enhanced meeting scheduler, and promise bigger things to come. Over the past few years, multiple startups have tried to take the hassle out of scheduling meetings. Calendar tools like Meetingbird and Calendly let users create meeting slots for attendees to choose from, while...

Instagram is testing Hindi language support for Indian users
2018-11-08

Instagram is seemingly looking to expand its Indian user base with support for Hindi. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong found this in a test version of the app. Wong posted screenshots of Instagram’s test version showing comments, settings menu, and profile all in Hindi. As per the screenshots, even the IGTV section...

Yet again, genealogy database leads to suspect in decades-old murder case
2018-11-07

Police used DNA evidence from the crime scene to locate potential relatives of the suspect, who’s now in custody. Yet again, DNA data from genealogy database GEDMatch has helped crack a cold case, this time leading to the arrest of a suspect in an Orlando murder dating back to 2001, the Ledger reports.Read Full...

EU’s investigation into Google AdSense is coming to a close
2018-11-07

Margrethe Vestager, EU‘s Competition Commissioner, just confirmed that the EU‘s antitrust investigation into Google AdSense will soon be wrapped up. “We are approaching the end of that investigation,” Vestager told reporters at Web Summit in Lisbon, according to Reuters. The investigation’s findings have...

How to use pointless meetings to sell your ideas and advance your career
2018-11-07

Instead of zoning out or checking your phone, here’s how to reclaim your time and make meetings more productive. Few activities in the business world eat up as much time as meetings. Professionals spend 37% of their time in meetings, and it’s worse for executives, who by some estimates devote 85% of...

Hyundai and Kia invest $250 million in Southeast Asia ride sharer Grab
2018-11-07

The trio’s goal is to increase EV usage throughout the region and to “maximize cost efficiencies for Grab’s driver-partners.” That means the Singapore-based ride sharer has brought in $2.7 billion in investment to date, reports CNBC. Hyundai and Grab said that, together with Kia, they will...

Hackers infect nearly 700,000 sites with Bitcoin-stealing malware
2018-11-07

Cryptocurrency hackers have attacked one of the internet’s most used traffic analytics services, StatCounter, in order to siphon Bitcoin from users of online exchange desk Gate.io. In a targeted attack, hackers breached StatCounter to such an extent that over 688,000 websites were caught loading the malicious...

Fox News was first to call the Democratic House flip, but basically nobody believed it
2018-11-07

In retrospect, maybe a little skepticism isn’t a bad thing.  What a strange election this has been. Earlier tonight, Fox News made the call that the Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives, a hugely consequential development that means new checks and balances on President Trump’s...

Facebook’s AI knows how likely you are to evacuate during a hurricane
2018-11-06

Facebook AI Research (FAIR) recently conducted a big data study to determine whether social media ties play a role in people’s decision whether to evacuate affected areas during a hurricane. And, according to the research, those with the most “social capital” were more likely to heed official warnings and flee....

Goop brings its holiday list to life with a new gifting concept store
2018-11-05

And the list features Google products for the very first time. Gwyneth Paltrow is famous for curating an annual holiday gift guide. Sometimes items on the list are slightly kooky (an $85 bag of crystals to balance your chakra system, anyone?) and outlandishly expensive (a $595 silk kimono). For the past three...

Burger King got in a sick Twitter burn on Kanye, because that’s how things work now
2018-11-05

Seemingly every day, the saga of Kanye West gets slightly sadder. What: A Twitter spat for the ages, one in which we find ourselves paradoxically on the side of the corporate Twitter account over the musician.Read Full Story

I’m a Florida teen voting in my first election. Here’s why gun reform is my top issue
2018-11-05

This Tuesday, I will be voting on behalf of students, like myself, who just want to learn in a safe environment. Editor’s note: This article was originally posted as a Facebook comment in response to a new ad about gun safety. The author is an 18-year-old senior at Largo High School, in Largo, Florida, and the...

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